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Yeah has there been anymore talk about this? Any other trade rumors or anything new? I feel the same way C's he goes against that are his weak or soft he does fine. If they play him physically they suffer! I like the morris/Gortat lineup much more thought then scola/gortat.

I Think we should go after Brook Lopez, Or maybe even Nene Who the wiz just got but idk how that would work.

I want us to have the back to the hoop type player. O'neal is kind of, Scola is not at all, but I was hoping gortat could bring something like that. He only goes for the easy shots! I dont see him pushing around, he trys to avoid contact, he would be much more effective if he would try to go through people ya know!?! Am I wrong here?

Second thing, I love shannon but he needs to attack more. If he would attack the rim more his jumper would open up much more

I really don't see the point

Gortat-Lopez...one plays a better D and boards better...the other plays better O Duds for JJ?...Duds isn't in JJ's class so other than dumping that contract I don't see why the Nets do that. A late first round pick to take Frye's contract? I'm not seeing why either team makes that kinda move...upset rosters that are working to sort things out with no noticeable advantage for either of them.

Originally Posted by thephoenixson28

Why not Gortat,Dudley,Frye, and Lakers 1st for Joe johnson and Brook Lopez

Why not Gortat,Dudley,Frye, and Lakers 1st for Joe johnson and Brook Lopez

I think neither team would do that trade. It puts the Suns in salary cap hell with no hope of improvement for nearly 5 years. Lopez and Johnson might have the worst 2 contracts in the entire league. And even with those 2 the Suns dont come even close to being a contender.

For the Nets they ship off the 2 guys they had to sign to keep Deron, and an unhappy Deron is a lousy Deron, as they've seen for 2 years. They would still be in a bad cap situation and their roster is unimproved. All that does for them is save their multibillionaire owner a few bucks.

Any chance for Gortat for a top 3 draft? The only plausible way is if we took a bad contract. Detroit and Kings have a decent Centers. Maybe Washington... Okafor and their draft for Gortat + Dudley + lower 1st round draft???

Any chance for Gortat for a top 3 draft? The only plausible way is if we took a bad contract. Detroit and Kings have a decent Centers. Maybe Washington... Okafor and their draft for Gortat + Dudley + lower 1st round draft???

An example would be us taking Charlie V's deal from Detroit. They don't need a center, but that's the kind of bad contract we'd need to take along with giving up Gortat, Dudley and change.

bottom line is, Gortat needs to go. ideally for us to be younger or trade him for some picks and fillers. Why?? this darn team is ruining it again like the previous team under nash -- overachieving.

from what i read, this team is now 2 games ahead of last year's team at this pace, what does it mean? 13-15 pick next year, crumbs once more!

this team on paper is projected to be bottom-dwellers, heck even fans swear that this current team sucks, big time! that we have the worst players like beasely, morris, johnson, oneal and even scola -- but where are we now? 7-8! some fans earlier were saying (me included) "ok if we keep on losing, we'll get someone like shabazz next year" but no, this team even sucks at sucking. at this pace, we stand to contend and eventually lose out on the eight seed, again. same as last year, and the year before, and so on.

currently, we are tied for ninth place in the west, only half a game behind eight place. add to that the other 5 teams that have a worse record than us in the east and we're easily out of the top ten if the draft was held today

bottom line is, Gortat needs to go. ideally for us to be younger or trade him for some picks and fillers. Why?? this darn team is ruining it again like the previous team under nash -- overachieving.

from what i read, this team is now 2 games ahead of last year's team at this pace, what does it mean? 13-15 pick next year, crumbs once more!

this team on paper is projected to be bottom-dwellers, heck even fans swear that this current team sucks, big time! that we have the worst players like beasely, morris, johnson, oneal and even scola -- but where are we now? 7-8! some fans earlier were saying (me included) "ok if we keep on losing, we'll get someone like shabazz next year" but no, this team even sucks at sucking. at this pace, we stand to contend and eventually lose out on the eight seed, again. same as last year, and the year before, and so on.

currently, we are tied for ninth place in the west, only half a game behind eight place. add to that the other 5 teams that have a worse record than us in the east and we're easily out of the top ten if the draft was held today

bottom line is, Gortat needs to go. ideally for us to be younger or trade him for some picks and fillers. Why?? this darn team is ruining it again like the previous team under nash -- overachieving.

from what i read, this team is now 2 games ahead of last year's team at this pace, what does it mean? 13-15 pick next year, crumbs once more!

this team on paper is projected to be bottom-dwellers, heck even fans swear that this current team sucks, big time! that we have the worst players like beasely, morris, johnson, oneal and even scola -- but where are we now? 7-8! some fans earlier were saying (me included) "ok if we keep on losing, we'll get someone like shabazz next year" but no, this team even sucks at sucking. at this pace, we stand to contend and eventually lose out on the eight seed, again. same as last year, and the year before, and so on.

currently, we are tied for ninth place in the west, only half a game behind eight place. add to that the other 5 teams that have a worse record than us in the east and we're easily out of the top ten if the draft was held today

Well said. Our only hope to get a top pick will be to trade Gortat by midseason. We won't get a top 5 but maybe 7-10. Also keep in mind, we haven't played many great teams yet.